American Idle

Some thought it was strange that in the midst of a floundering if not drowning economy, wardrumming, questions about the legitimacy of the Bush presidency, the 9-11 attacks and the strategic vs the tactical responses to same, and other niggling bits of reality, that American Idol was taking up so much "reality-TV" time. American Idle became its nickname amongst those who felt it comparable to the Romans' bread and circuses.

External Links

• "Amercian Idle"—"The military-industrial complex has now morphed into the military-infotainment complex."
• "American Idle"—how to avoid watching American Idol but still appear "with it"
• "American Idle"—"Who needs Superfund when we've got reality TV?"
• "American Idle"—"We're falling in love with false American Idols at the cost of our own self-confidence[, r]ationalizing false realities 30 minutes at a time…"
• "American Idle"—Job-hunting as the "mother of all talent contests"
• "American Idle"—more on the labour surplus
• Lucid Groove's American Idle
• "American Idle" blog, t-shirts, and sweatshirts